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Description

Small memory footprint ssh server/client suitable for memory-constrained environments.

Dropbear is particularly useful for "embedded"-type Linux (or other Unix) systems, such as wireless routers.

Features

  • Implements X11 forwarding, and authentication-agent forwarding for OpenSSH clients
  • Can run from inetd or standalone
  • Compatible with OpenSSH ~/.ssh/authorized_keys public key authentication
  • Multi-hop mode uses SSH TCP forwarding to tunnel through multiple SSH hosts in a single command:
dbclient user1@hop1,user2@hop2,destination
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Version

2026.94

License

Maintainers (1)

Executables (4)

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  • bin/dbclient
  • bin/dropbear
  • bin/dropbearconvert
  • bin/dropbearkey

Platforms (24)

    Linux
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  • aarch64-linux
  • arc-linux
  • armv5tel-linux
  • armv6l-linux
  • armv7a-linux
  • armv7l-linux
  • i686-linux
  • loongarch64-linux
  • m68k-linux
  • microblaze-linux
  • microblazeel-linux
  • mips-linux
  • mips64-linux
  • mips64el-linux
  • mipsel-linux
  • powerpc-linux
  • powerpc64-linux
  • powerpc64le-linux
  • riscv32-linux
  • riscv64-linux
  • s390-linux
  • s390x-linux
  • sh4-linux
  • x86_64-linux